On Sun, 6 Jan 2002 07:09, Howard Lowndes wrote: > It could also be a problem with a conflict between a VIA chipset and a > Realtak 8139 NIC (especially an early one). I had a similar problem and > had to change the NIC.
Sorry, I should have given some more details. I didn't realise the hardware was likely to be part of the problem, since I hadn't seen anything like this back when they were both running 7.1. Anyway, ... The machine that is now running 7.2 is an IBM Thinkpad 570, using a Xircom PCMCIA ethernet adapter. The other machine is a no-name brand Celeron system. I do know that the shop I bought the no-name machine from has used Realtek ethernet cards before, so it's possible that's what it is using. Looking at dmesg on that one says eth0 is an Intel 82557. Does that mean it's not a Realtek, or do Realtek cards use Intel chips? I eventually had some success by transferring the file from the Celeron to another machine and then from that machine to the laptop. Since the other machine is also running RH 7.2, that tends to make the hardware issue seem more likely. The Xircom PCMCIA card is an old one that's capable of being 10/100, but required a firmware upgrade which it hasn't been given, so it's just 10Mbps, whereas the other two machines are both 10/100. Does any of that give you further ideas? By the way, I just realised I have a spare IBM 10/100 PCMCIA ethernet adapter hanging around, so I might try that one, to try to get some hard evidence that it's the Xircom card. I just tend to use it because it doesn't require a dongle. It's what I think they call a "Real Port" card, which is a type 3 card, with the connectors built in. Thanks to both you and Jean-Francois for the suggestions. Harry O. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
